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    Mikhail Gorbachev

    Govind Narain
    8th Governor of Karnataka
    In office
    2 August 1977 – 15 April 1983
    Preceded byUma Shankar Dikshit
    Succeeded byA. N. Banerji
    11th Defence Secretary of India
    In office
    19 May 1973 – 31 May 1975
    Preceded byK. B. Lall
    Succeeded byD. R. Kohli
    7th Home Secretary of India
    In office
    1 January 1971 – 18 May 1973
    Preceded byLallan Prasad Singh
    Succeeded byNirmal Kumar Mukarji
    Personal details
    Born(1916-05-05)5 May 1916
    Mainpuri, British Raj
    Died3 April 2012(2012-04-03) (aged 95)
    New Delhi, India

    Govind Narain, ICS (5 May 1916 – 3 April 2012) was an Indian civil servant who was member of the Indian Civil Service and served as the 8th Governor of Karnataka.

    He formerly served as Defence Secretary of India (1973 to 1975), Home Secretary of India (1971 to 1973) and the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh (1958 to 1961).[1] He is considered [by whom?] to be one of India's most senior and respected civil servants.

    He also served as Adviser and Secretary to the King of Nepal from 1951 to 1954.

    Early childhood and education

    He was born into a Kayastha family in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh and educated at the University of Allahabad and University of Oxford.

    Career

    He was selected as a member of the Indian Civil Service in 1939 and served as District Collector of Farrukhabad and Aligarh.

    Ministry of Defence

    He served as 11th Defence Secretary of India (1973 to 1975) and also as Secretary to the Government of India in Department of Defence Production (DDP) from 1968 to 1970.

    Ministry of Home Affairs

    As Home Secretary, he played a crucial role during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He then became Defence Secretary, a post he occupied between 1973 and 1975. He was also chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh, and was deputised to build relations between India and Nepal in 1951 as Adviser to the King of Nepal.

    Ministry of Health

    He served as Secretary to the Government of India in Ministry of Health and Family Welfare from 1966 to 1968.

    Others

    After retirement, he was affiliated with the Public Interest Legal Support and Research Trust, Shankara Vidya Kendra, Federation of Indo-German Society in India, and an NGO, Common Cause.[2]

    Political career

    He was named Governor of Karnataka and held the post between 1977 and 1983. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2009.

    Further reading

    • Nehru to the Nineties - The Changing Office of Prime Minister in India (Publisher: Hurst; ISBN 9781850651802)
    • Me and My Guru: A Personal Memoir of Spiritual Awakening and Growth (Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan; ISBN 9788184302912)
    • On the Corridors of Power: the Theatre of the Absurd (Publisher: Partridge Publishing India; ISBN 9781482872996)
    • Legacy to Bureaucracy - Musings of an Indian Civil Servant (Publisher: Lancer Publishers & Distributors; ISBN 9780981537887)
    • Relentless: An Autobiography (Publisher: Bloomsbury India; ISBN 9789386950352)

    References

    1. ^ "Bangladesh war-era Home Secretary Govind Narain dies". 4 April 2012.
    2. ^ Online, The Telegraph (6 April 2012). "Young ICS who protected Aligarh university". The Telegraph.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govind_Narain

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